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【题目】 Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don't feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, developing deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to them if it needs a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous (大度) with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business things. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

【1】Why wouldn't Americans meet you at the airport when you visit them?

A.Because they don't treat you as their friend.

B.Because they think it's a long distance to go.

C.Because Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor.

D.Because they think there's no need to do so as you can find the way.

【2】Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?

A.Treating friends at home.B.Taking days off to be with friends.

C.Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.D.Sharing everything they have.

【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Americans are always generous with their time.

B.Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear.

C.Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D.Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

【4】This passage is most probably written for ________.

A.American studentsB.Chinese students

C.Chinese visitors to AmericaD.American visitors to China

【5】What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Differences between Americans and Chinese.

B.What you should do if you visit an American friend.

C.Why Chinese can't understand American friendship.

D.What the typical American friendship is like.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

文章讲述了美国是一个流动的社会。美国人之间的友谊可以接近和真实，但很快消失。他们不觉得受到伤害。如果两人再次见面，甚至几年后，他们会继续他们的友谊。这对中国人来说可能是非常难理解。因为我们之间的友谊发展得慢但可能成为终身的感情。美国人非常直接，好客，他们喜欢在家中接待客人，而中国人的待客之道恰恰与美国人的相反。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中“It is opposite in America. Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor.”在美国恰恰相反。美国人没时间和来访者一起做很多事情。可知是因为他们不能安排时间和来访者做很多事，故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中“For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants.”对美国人来说，邀请朋友到家里通常比去餐馆更友好。可知在家招待客人是美国人好客最典型的方式，故选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据文中“Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor. ”在美国恰恰相反。美国人没时间和来访者一起做很多事情。可知A选项错误；根据文中“Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. ”美国人之间的友谊可以是亲密而真实的，但很快就会消失。他们不觉得受伤。可知B选项是正确的，根据文中“This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings. ”这对我们中国人来说很难理解。我们之间的友谊发展得比较缓慢，但可能会成为终生的感情。可知中国人的友情可能会是终生的，但不是never，所以C选项错误；D选项文中没有明确的提到，所以这里B选项是正确的，故选B。

【4】细节理解题。根据文中“So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America! ”所以请接受他们在家里的热情好客，享受你在美国的访问吧！可知是给美国的中国游客，故选C。

【5】主旨大意题。根据整个文章的理解及文章开头“Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. ”美国人之间的友谊可以是亲密而真实的，但很快就会消失。他们不觉得受伤。如果同样的两个人再次相遇，即使是几年后，他们也会重拾友谊。以及文章结尾“Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America! Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!”可知，文章主要是介绍美国友谊的，所以D选项是比较符合的，故选D。